diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 0a8dd05..3301768 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -335,6 +335,9 @@
 	  Modules only use ELF REL relocations.  Modules with ELF RELA
 	  relocations will give an error.
 
+config GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
+	bool
+
 #
 # ABI hall of shame
 #
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/signal.c b/arch/um/kernel/signal.c
index db18eb6..48ccf71 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/signal.c
@@ -132,8 +132,3 @@
 	siginitset(&blocked, mask);
 	return sigsuspend(&blocked);
 }
-
-long sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss)
-{
-	return do_sigaltstack(uss, uoss, PT_REGS_SP(&current->thread.regs));
-}
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 01ca0eb..f380614 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_REL if X86_32
 	select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA if X86_64
 	select CLONE_BACKWARDS if X86_32
+	select GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
 
 config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
 	def_bool y
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
index 2f83747..58b7e3e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@
 
 /* kernel/signal.c */
 long sys_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs *);
-long sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *, stack_t __user *,
-		     struct pt_regs *);
-
 
 /* kernel/tls.c */
 asmlinkage int sys_set_thread_area(struct user_desc __user *);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
index c763116..ff84d54 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_32.S
@@ -739,7 +739,6 @@
 ENDPROC(ptregs_##name)
 
 PTREGSCALL1(iopl)
-PTREGSCALL2(sigaltstack)
 PTREGSCALL0(sigreturn)
 PTREGSCALL0(rt_sigreturn)
 PTREGSCALL2(vm86)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
index 2363e82..6e46201 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S
@@ -864,7 +864,6 @@
 	FORK_LIKE  clone
 	FORK_LIKE  fork
 	FORK_LIKE  vfork
-	PTREGSCALL stub_sigaltstack, sys_sigaltstack, %rdx
 	PTREGSCALL stub_iopl, sys_iopl, %rsi
 
 ENTRY(ptregscall_common)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
index 70b27ee..16d065c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/signal.c
@@ -602,13 +602,6 @@
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_X86_32 */
 
-long
-sys_sigaltstack(const stack_t __user *uss, stack_t __user *uoss,
-		struct pt_regs *regs)
-{
-	return do_sigaltstack(uss, uoss, regs->sp);
-}
-
 /*
  * Do a signal return; undo the signal stack.
  */
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
index ee3c220..62c7b22 100644
--- a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
 183	i386	getcwd			sys_getcwd
 184	i386	capget			sys_capget
 185	i386	capset			sys_capset
-186	i386	sigaltstack		ptregs_sigaltstack		stub32_sigaltstack
+186	i386	sigaltstack		sys_sigaltstack			stub32_sigaltstack
 187	i386	sendfile		sys_sendfile			sys32_sendfile
 188	i386	getpmsg
 189	i386	putpmsg
diff --git a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
index a582bfe..6ffa7f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
+++ b/arch/x86/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 128	64	rt_sigtimedwait		sys_rt_sigtimedwait
 129	64	rt_sigqueueinfo		sys_rt_sigqueueinfo
 130	common	rt_sigsuspend		sys_rt_sigsuspend
-131	64	sigaltstack		stub_sigaltstack
+131	64	sigaltstack		sys_sigaltstack
 132	common	utime			sys_utime
 133	common	mknod			sys_mknod
 134	64	uselib
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/Kconfig b/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
index 0fd20f2..96b89d8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/um/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 config UML_X86
 	def_bool y
 	select GENERIC_FIND_FIRST_BIT
+	select GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
 
 config 64BIT
 	bool "64-bit kernel" if SUBARCH = "x86"
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_32.c b/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_32.c
index 812e98c..a0c3b0d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_32.c
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 #define ptregs_iopl sys_iopl
 #define ptregs_vm86old sys_vm86old
 #define ptregs_vm86 sys_vm86
-#define ptregs_sigaltstack sys_sigaltstack
 
 #define __SYSCALL_I386(nr, sym, compat) extern asmlinkage void sym(void) ;
 #include <asm/syscalls_32.h>
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_64.c b/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_64.c
index 170bd92..f2f0723 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/sys_call_table_64.c
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #define stub_fork sys_fork
 #define stub_vfork sys_vfork
 #define stub_execve sys_execve
-#define stub_sigaltstack sys_sigaltstack
 #define stub_rt_sigreturn sys_rt_sigreturn
 
 #define __SYSCALL_COMMON(nr, sym, compat) __SYSCALL_64(nr, sym, compat)
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 9fe5f94..6ca1e08 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 struct old_linux_dirent;
 struct perf_event_attr;
 struct file_handle;
+struct sigaltstack;
 
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/aio_abi.h>
@@ -299,6 +300,11 @@
 asmlinkage long sys_sigpending(old_sigset_t __user *set);
 asmlinkage long sys_sigprocmask(int how, old_sigset_t __user *set,
 				old_sigset_t __user *oset);
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
+asmlinkage long sys_sigaltstack(const struct sigaltstack __user *uss,
+				struct sigaltstack __user *uoss);
+#endif
+
 asmlinkage long sys_getitimer(int which, struct itimerval __user *value);
 asmlinkage long sys_setitimer(int which,
 				struct itimerval __user *value,
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 887f2fe..f05f4c4 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -3102,6 +3102,12 @@
 out:
 	return error;
 }
+#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_SIGALTSTACK
+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(sigaltstack,const stack_t __user *,uss, stack_t __user *,uoss)
+{
+	return do_sigaltstack(uss, uoss, current_user_stack_pointer());
+}
+#endif
 
 int restore_altstack(const stack_t __user *uss)
 {